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Carus Beethoven Choral Collection
22nd May 2019by Ellena Taylor
For the major Beethoven anniversary in 2020 Carus is expanding the repertoire of works available for mixed choirs. The *Choral Collection Beethoven* (edited by Jan Schumacher) contains especially attractive arrangements of Beethoven’s music spanning three centuries. -
Renée Fleming sings Mahler and other forthcoming highlights
21st May 2019by Chris O'Reilly
For her first Lieder album in nearly two decades, the American soprano sings the *Rückert-Lieder* with the Münchner Philharmoniker and Christian Thielemann, plus Brahms and Schumann with Hartmut Höll. -
Yevgeny Sudbin on late Beethoven
20th May 2019by David Smith
The Russian pianist talks to David about his new album of the Bagatelles & Piano Sonatas Nos. 31 & 32. -
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 17th May 2019
20th May 2019by Matt Groom
This week I have been enjoying Partisan's first ever live album, avant-garde music for French kids TV, Brad Mehldau's new album and also picked some suggestions from the second half of the ECM Touchstones series, celebrating 50 years of one of the most important Jazz labels. -
Pacifica from Australian quartet The Vampires
17th May 2019by Matt Groom
Matt delights in the refreshingly breezy new album from The Vampires, an Australian collective blending jazz with exotica, dub and much more. -
Kirill Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony
17th May 2019by Katherine Cooper
Recorded live in concert in 2017, the Berliner Philharmoniker's first album with their new Chief Conductor augurs very well indeed for their new partnership. -
New Release Round-Up - 17th May 2019
17th May 2019by Chris O'Reilly
New releases from Michael Fabiano, Magdalena Kožená, Il Giardino Armonico, Albrecht Mayer, and The Jerusalem Quartet, plus recitals by sopranos Anita Cerquetti and Graziella Sciutti from the archives. -
Colin Matthews on NMC
16th May 2019by Katherine Cooper
The English composer looks back over 30 years at the helm of Britain's cutting-edge contemporary music label NMC. -
Boxed Set Selections - May 2019
15th May 2019by Chris O'Reilly
A celebration of Chandos Records at 40, birthday tributes to pianists Emanuel Ax and Philippe Entremont, and the third volume of Leonard Bernstein’s landmark Young People’s Concerts.Featured product
Landmarks: 40 Years of Chandos
Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Christopher Plummer (narrator), Celia Nicklin (oboe), Ian Watson (organ), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Peter Pettinger (piano), Sarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Doric String Quartet, Xiayin Wang (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), Jennifer Pike (violin), Cpl Jonathan Hill (trombone), Martin Roscoe (piano), Louis Lortie (piano), Ivan Ilić (piano), Wojciech Switala (piano), Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin), Krzysztof Lasoń (violin), Małgorzata Wasiucionek (violin), Arkadiusz Kubica (violin), Federico Colli (piano) Ulster Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Borodin Trio, I Musici de Montréal, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, Black Dyke Mills Band, The King's Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Collegium Musicum 90, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Chorale, Brodsky Quartet, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Manchester Camerata, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Silesian Quartet, Polish Cello Quartet, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bryden Thomson, Mariss Jansons, Maxim Shostakovich, Yuli Turovsky, Neeme Järvi, Geoffrey Simon, Harry Christophers, Sir Neville Marriner, Major Peter Parkes, Richard Hickox, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny, Charles Bruffy, Peter Oundjian, Sir Andrew Davis, Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, John Wilson, Edward Gardner, Juanjo Mena, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kirill Karabits, Rumon Gamba
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A fascinating Duke Ellington biography by Terry Teachout
15th May 2019by Matt Groom
Matt explores Duke Ellington's life and music through Terry Teachout's biography, which paints a picture of both the musician and the world he was working in. -
BBC Music Magazine - June 2019 Choices
14th May 2019by Chris O'Reilly
Chris introduces this month's selection, including albums from Isabelle Faust, Jonathan Biss, Iván Fischer, and Andris Nelsons. -
Melvyn Tan on Miroirs
13th May 2019by Katherine Cooper
The Singapore-born British pianist discusses his new album of Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber and Liszt, released at the end of last month on Onyx. -
New Music Book Publications - 13th May 2019
13th May 2019by James Longstaffe
A collection of essays on the music of Brahms, a reflection by conductor Kent Nagano on the relevance of classical music today, thoughts on teaching music by pianist Susan Tomes, an analysis on George Harrison's contribution to the music of The Beatles, and the influence of jazz on the music of Leonard Bernstein. -
Les Siècles perform Mahler's symphonic poem, Titan
10th May 2019by James Longstaffe
François-Xavier Roth and his period-instrument orchestra perform Mahler's "tone poem in the form of a symphony in two parts and five movements", an early version of his First Symphony. -
New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2019
10th May 2019by Chris O'Reilly
New releases from Lars Vogt, Elīna Garanča, Sophie Yates and Riccardo Chailly, plus a second helping of Thomas Beecham broadcasts courtesy of the archives of Richard Itter. -
Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen - Red Lips, Knuckles and Bones
10th May 2019by Matt Groom
Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen delivers a moving album of her own material, genre hopping from jazz to americana with style and humour, despite personal losses that inspired many of the songs. -
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2019
10th May 2019by Matt Groom
A brief roundup of the week's jazz new releases, including a DVD of the Thelonious Monk Quartet in 1963. -
Rachel Podger on Bach's Cello Suites
9th May 2019by David Smith
The violinist talks to David about her new album, which sees her perform JS Bach's popular cello suites on the violin. -
Miles Davis - Milestones
8th May 2019by Matt Groom
One of the pinnacles of hard-bop, *Milestones* showcases some of the finest musicians at work in the fifties - John Coltrane, Julian `Cannonball' Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Jo Jones, as well as Miles Davis's first steps into modal jazz. -
Sir András Schiff on Schubert
7th May 2019by Katherine Cooper
The Hungarian-born British pianist talks to Katherine about late Schubert, and ‘falling in love at first sight’ with the Brodmann fortepiano which he plays on his recent recordings of sonatas and impromptus on ECM.